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Curated OER

Rhombi

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the rhombi or diamond shape and compare it to the square. Students are challenged to create as many flat rhombus shapes as possible and develop a definition for the rhombus shape in 20 minutes while working in teams of...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Making Conjectures About Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given examples of quadrilaterals and their component parts, the student will use explorations and concrete models to prove a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, rectangle, square, or rhombus using opposite sides, opposite angles, or...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Quadrilateral Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Twenty-four problems cover the topic of working with quadrilaterals in different settings. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View...
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That Quiz

That Quiz: Math: Shapes Quiz

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Given a shape, students select from four options the name of the shape. These include more than the basic shapes, such as hexagon, pentagon, parallelogram, and rhombus.
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That Quiz

That Quiz: Practice Test: Shapes

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This resource provides a practice geometry quiz for students to use.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Cutting Corners

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students will use their knowledge of plane figure attributes to create and view shapes by cutting and rotating shapes to stimulate discussions on names and attributes of various shapes they do not regularly encounter.
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Cuemath

Cuemath: Quadrilaterals

For Students 5th - 8th
Explore the world of quadrilaterals and their properties. Find answers to questions like what are quadrilaterals, how they are formed, easy ways to identify them, and commonly seen quadrilaterals around us.
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Cuemath

Cuemath: Equilateral

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn all about the basic properties of equilateral. This lesson targets the meaning of equilateral, shows how to construct equilateral shapes, explores some of the equilateral shapes and properties, and how to apply them while solving...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Russian Toy Store: 2 D Shapes

For Students 4th - 6th
Mattie and her four sisters are visiting a toy store. Can you help them find different shapes in the toy store?
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Skateboarding

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Bianca injures her ankle while skateboarding and is confined to her bed. She has trouble reaching a few objects from her bed until her friend gives her a device made up of collapsible...
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Rhombus

For Students 9th - 10th
This math site explains properties of the rhombus, gives a visual aid to help with the formula given for it's area.
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Squares

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
MathWorld provides multiple definitions and formulas for the mathematical term, square.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Investigating Properties of Kites

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students construct kites and investigate their properties. They also relate the properties to squares and rhombi.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Discovering Properties of Parallelograms, Kites & Trapazoids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity allows the teacher to cover the properties of a parallelogram, rectangle, rhombus, square, kite, and trapezoid in two days (90 min. block scheduling) Using a group setting students discover these properties using the Cabri...
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Handout
The Math League

The Math League: Figures and Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides definitions of different types of polygons and figures.
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Lesson Plan
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Quad Squad

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
This interactive lesson investigates quadrilaterals and provides students with an opportunity to practice describing their attributes.
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Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete reference guide to quadrilaterals including squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and rhombus. It provides definitions and interactive activities that enhance further explanation.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Self Check Quiz on Quadrilaterals

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
The online assessment demonstrates knowledge of concepts utilized in Geometry. The multiple choice questions test students on quadrilaterals. Topics include rhombus, parallelogram, and interior angles.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Rhombi

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is a rhombus in a coordinate plane.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Ellipses and Polygons

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and then attempt practice problems on identifying ellipses and polygons.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Polygons and Ellipses

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to look at images and identify ellipses and different types of polygons. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice Problems: Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Practice using your graphing calculator for constructing a parallelogram, a rhombus, a kite, a trapezoid, an isosceles trapezoid, a rectangle, and a square. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Area and Perimeter of Rhombuses and Kites

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to calculate the area and perimeter of rhombuses and kites. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Parallelogram Classification

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use the classify different shapes by changing the points on the given shape. Click learn more to watch a video and click challenge me to answer a practice question.